medication

Definition

  • noun: a substance used in treating disease or relieving pain
  • noun: the act or process of 'medicating'
  • synonyms: dosage, medicamentation

Examples

  • She's taking 'medication' for high blood pressure. = She's on 'medication' for high blood pressure.

  • The company has developed a new allergy 'medication'.

  • Her illness has not responded to 'medication'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) on airplanes. You're stage four. This is an opportunity that I may never get again. Even If the medication is working, I don't understand why I can't... Perhaps there's a scenario... No. I don't know any other way to say this, Hazel. (..)
    2014 The Fault in Our Stars
  • (..) I'll be right there. I don't know how much you know. The work is taking care of my father. There is some housework too, but the main work is giving him his medication on time, keeping him away from the stove, from leaving the house. Termeh, get your laundry. You have to be here at (..)
    2011 A Separation
  • (..) I had ideas- I had unwelcomed ideas about how to keep her safe. Like? Like, I thought she should have been on her medication all the time. I thought that her relationship with your father... was far too passionate for her to handle. And as far as children (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes